Solar Briefing: Campbell’s, American Water, Trade War Kicks Off
Seven solar panel makers have filed a complaint with the Commerce Department, asking the government to impose duties on cheaper Chinese imports. The manufacturers, which included the U.S. arm of German...
View ArticleNestle, Nike, GSK ‘Deserve Place’ in Sustainability Rankings
Campbell’s, Danone, General Electric, Glaxosmithkline, HP, Intel, Nestlé, Nike, Panasonic, Siemens, and Unilever are the companies most deserving of their top places within sustainability rankings,...
View ArticleCalif. Dethroned in Rankings, As States Increase Efficiency Spend
Massachusetts has bumped California from its spot as the most energy-efficient state, in a scorecard from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The scorecard, in its fifth edition,...
View ArticleGreen Drive Saves Hilton $74m in Two Years
LightStay, the sustainability measurement system used by Hilton Worldwide and its portfolio of 10 hotel brands, has saved the company more than $74 million since its launch in 2009. According to 2010...
View ArticleGSA Issues Net Zero Retrofit Challenge
The U.S. General Services Administration has announced its Net Zero Renovation Challenge, which aims to get the private sector to improve the energy performance of federal buildings through the use of...
View ArticleNYSE Euronext’s Michelle Greene Discusses Corporate Responsibility
Michelle Greene, Head of Corporate Responsibility at NYSE Euronext speaks with David Vidal of Center for Sustainability
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC Regulations, Wastewater Rules, Fines for...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it has published three final rules on Thursday, dramatically shaking up the payment method for transmission, particularly in the Midwest. The...
View ArticleSchneider Inks Efficiency Contract with UNT Health Science Center
Schneider Electric has signed an $8.6 million contract extension to provide energy efficiency improvements to the the University of North Texas Health Science Center (pictured). Upgrades to the...
View ArticleCalif. Board Finalizes Cap and Trade
The California Air Resources Board yesterday gave its final approval to the state’s cap-and-trade system, which sets limits on carbon emissions starting next year. CARB unanimously approved details of...
View ArticleCorporate Sustainability More Well-Rounded, but Still Ad-Hoc, Survey Finds
Most companies are making sustainability integral to their strategy, but still struggle to integrate it into their supply chain and budget, according to the sixth annual McKinsey Global Survey. The...
View ArticleM&Co to Power 300 Stores by Wind
Fashion retailer M&Co is to develop enough wind turbines to power each of its 300 U.K. shops, the Press Association reports. Mackays Group, which trades as M&Co, has launched a subsidiary...
View ArticleEastman Lowers Energy Intensity, Exceeds Release Targets
Eastman Chemical Company met a target of a 2.5 percent energy-efficiency improvement last year, lowering its energy intensity by six percent, according to the company’s second sustainability report....
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Green Climate Fund, Basel Amendment, Roadless...
A United Nations committee has completed the draft design of a Green Climate Fund that would send $100 billion per year by 2020 to assist developing countries in lowering greenhouse gas emissions,...
View ArticleUnder 14% Satisfied With US Approach to Energy
Less than 14 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the right direction on energy according to a poll released by The University of Texas at Austin. Of more than 3,400 consumers surveyed,...
View ArticleEnergy Management Standard Fills a Need; Rate of Adoption Is Wild Card
A Powerful New Tool to Manage and Reduce Energy Consumption Commercial and industrial enterprises globally have a powerful new tool to help them to reduce their energy consumption and greenhouse gas...
View ArticleARM Cell Phone Processor ‘Five Times More Efficient’
ARM has debuted the Cortex-A7 MPCore processor, which the company says is five times more efficient and one fifth the size of a predecessor found in many of today’s most popular smartphones. The...
View ArticleBottom Line of Green Banking Part II: Green Lending – Financing the Future
In my last article, I provided an overview of green banking. In this follow on, I focus on green lending as a growing means to finance a preferred future. By far the biggest impact banks have on the...
View ArticleEnvironmental & Energy Executive Moves: Climate Registry, AECOM, PG&E,...
The Climate Registry: The operator of a voluntary carbon footprint registry has appointed David Rosenheim to the position of executive director. Rosenheim currently runs U.S. business development for...
View ArticleLogistics Firms Move Towards Sustainability Checks on Supply Chain
Using supply chain scorecards to measure a supplier’s sustainability is becoming widespread throughout the transport and logistics industry, as companies such as DHL and Eurostar aim to lessen their...
View ArticleNissan Aims to Cut CO2 20%, Up Efficiency 35%
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is aiming for a 20 percent per vehicle cut in its operational CO2 emissions by 2016, compared with 2005, under a six-year environmental plan unveiled today. The Nissan Green...
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